diff --git a/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog.bb b/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog.bb
index 55a7447..0ab2be9 100644
--- a/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog.bb
+++ b/recipes-phosphor/watchdog/phosphor-watchdog.bb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 DEPENDS += "autoconf-archive-native"
 DEPENDS += "sdbusplus sdbusplus-native"
+DEPENDS += "sdeventplus"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-dbus-interfaces"
 DEPENDS += "phosphor-logging"
 RDEPENDS_${PN} += "libsystemd"